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Learning Abstract Concepts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create iMovies depicting abstract concepts, such as sorrow, future, wishes, infinity, etc., in this technology-based Visual Arts/Language Arts lesson. Music can be used to enhance created movies.
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3c and 5c Stamps

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore multiples of consecutive numbers. Given a real life situation, students devise and use problem solving strategies. Students describe what it means for a sequence to carry on to infinity. They locate patterns in...
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Dimension and Rank

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students determine the dimension of a subspace.  In this dimension and rank instructional activity, students explore the dimension of a vector space.  They compare and explore the relationship in a matrix. 
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Graphing Exponentials

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Bring your Algebra class to the computer lab! Using materials created by Texas Instruments, they explore exponentiasl and graphs. Be sure to download the correct materials (on the right side of the webpage) before having them walk...
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Virginia Department of Education

Functions: Domain, Range, End Behavior, Increasing or Decreasing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Examine key features of various functions through exploration. A comprehensive instructional activity has learners describe the domain, range, end behavior and increasing/decreasing intervals of various functions. Function types include...
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The Gum Drop

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find the area of three figure by the traditional formulaic methods. Then they count the number of grid squares to double check. They show an intuitive sense of Pick's Algorithm by counting every two boundary squares as one unit....
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Shodor Education Foundation

InteGreat

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Hands-on investigation of Riemann sums becomes possible without intensive arithmetic gymnastics with this interactive lesson plan. Learners manipulate online graphing tools to develop and test theories about right, left, and midpoint...
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Converge or Diverge?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners prepare for the calculus concepts of limits by examining sequences that converge and diverge. By using an Excel program that generates sequences, students manipulate the starting number, multiplier and add-on values, and examine...
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Domian and Range of Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers determine the domain and range of various graphs using a graphing calculator. Given a set of graphs to analyze, learners calculate the range and domain of the graphs by plotting the graphs on their calculators. Downloads...
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Texas Instruments

Convergence of Taylor Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students analyze taylor series for convergence. In this calculus lesson, students analyze the graph of a taylor series as it relates to functions. They use the TI calculator to graph and observe the different series. 
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Folded Paper Houses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a folded paper house based on the free "Color, Cut, and Fold Village" offered by Bridge to Reading (link provided)
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The Universe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers recognize that the stages of evolution a star goes through are determined by the size of the star. They conduct research to draw a set of diagrams illustrating the stages in the evolution of three sizes of stars.
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Domain and Range 2

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
How do you identify the domain and range of the function? As learners find out it's as easy as creating a graph. They'll identify the domain and range of a relation from its graph, write symbolic expressions describing the relationship...
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What are Fractals?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers identify and analyze fractals and research information using the Internet to locate information about them. They look at fractals in relation to nature and other real world situations. Pupils create several...
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Reciprocals of Quadratic Functions

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate inverse functions.  In this Algebra II lesson, 11th graders use their prior knowledge of linear, exponential,and quadratic functions to create a graph of an equation they have never seen before.
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Technology vs. Nontechnology

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine the range, mean, median and mode using a computer spreadsheet. An identical set of calculations is done without using a computer. The results of each method are compared. They calculate the mode, median and range...
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Science: Daily and Seasonal Cycles

For Teachers 1st
First graders use their observations to describe daily and seasonal cycles. through a demonstration using a suspended ball and flashlight, they determine the time of day in various locations. Next, 1st graders participate in a...
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Your Body, Your Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study sickle cell anemia and other genetic disorders.  In this investigative lesson students create a poster and present it to the class on a certain disorder. 
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The Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the concept of Mandelbrot sets and Julia sets. In this Mandelbrot and Julia set lesson, students use a function integrator applet to investigate two-variable function iterations. Students use Julia set and Mandelbrot set...
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Definition of the Derivative

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students find the derivatives of functions.  For this finding the derivatives of functions lesson, students use the definition of derivative to take the derivative of a function.  Students discuss scenarios in which the derivative does...
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Calculus

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students make an inquiry with the aid of technology into the concept of functions. The emphasis of the lesson is on the interplay between the geometric and analytic information.
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Properties of Fractals

For Teachers All
Students build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using...
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Irregular Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study and research irregular fractals and construct a few based on their research. Students practice pattern recognition skills and plane geometry skills calculating dimensions on the Fractured Pictures activity.
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The Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the Mandelbrot Set. They are introduced to the concept of a complex number and function in order to motivate the discussion of Julia and Mandelbrot sets. Students investigate fractals and how they are built.

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